Morphological and genetic identification and isotopic study of the hair of a cave lion (Panthera spelaea Goldfuss, 1810) from the Malyi Anyui River (Chukotka, Russia)
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- 作者：O.F. Chernovaa ; olga.chernova.moscow@sevin.ru" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; I.V. Kirillovab ; B. Shapiroc ; d ; F.K. Shidlovskiyb ; A.E.R. Soaresc ; V.A. Levchenkoe ; F. Bertuche
- 关键词：Ancient DNA ; Cave lion ; Chukotka ; Hair ; Ice Age ; Isotopes ; AMS radiocarbon dating ; SEM
- 刊名：Quaternary Science Reviews
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：15 June 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：142
- 期：Complete
- 页码：61-73
- 全文大小：9500 K
文摘
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First morphological analyses of a cave lion hair found in Chukotka are presented.
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Its undercoat composed of numerous downy hairs was an adaptation to the Ice Age.
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Cave lion hair was similar but not identical to those of the present-day lions.